Does the press even try to be factual when it comes to guns?
Regarding this article:
Unless President Bush changes the minds of House Republican leaders, the 10-year-old federal ban on assault weapons will expire on Sept. 13, clearing the way for semiautomatics to enter the country and be sold again.
Uhm, semiautomatics are currently being sold in the country every day. The ban doesn’t affect semiautomatics per se, just what aesthetic features those semiautomatics can have (assuming they accept a detachable magazine and are rifles).
The important part of the article is this:
House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., as well as Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., will put the gun ban extension on the floor for a vote if Bush makes that request, GOP leaders said, and there appear to be bipartisan majorities in both chambers in favor of renewal.
Never mind what your respective constituents want, instead kowtow to the political pressure from higher up.
Frist allowed it on the floor last time it was up without the urging of Bush. The question is whether or not he will allow it again. If he does, The House is the place where this can be defeated.
